American English

Step 5 Fill in blanks.

T: Read the text again in details and fill in the blanks without looking at it.

1.Many students want to know about the differences between American English(第9页) and British English.

2.How did these differences come about?

3.Sometimes the language spoken in these places stayed the same, while the language in England changed.

4.There are a great many American Indian words.

Step6 Language points:

1.       more or less ------ about , not exactly , almost , nearly

 It' s more or less an hour' s walk from here . more or less.

 The work is more or less finished .

2. however adv. -----in spite of this , nevertheless

It' s raining hard , However . I think we should go out .

He hasn't arrived . He may , however , come later.

The students thought they had done everything as the teacher did.

They were mistaken , however.

3. come about ------ happen , take place

Sometimes it is hard to tell how a quarrel comes about .

When John woke up , he was in the hospital , but he didn't know how that had come about .

4.At first , the language stayed the same as the language used in Britain , but slowly thelanguage began to change from one part of the world to another.

1) stay vi ------ keep , remain     e.g. The door stayed open all the day ;

 The temperature has stayed hot this week.

2) the same as ---                       e.g. My dictionary is the same as yours .

 We will do the same experiment as they did yesterday.

5. the language began to change from one part of the world to another : The form of English spoken in one area of the world becomes different from the forms of English spoken in other areas .

6. a great / a good many ------- a very large number of

e.g. Tom has a great many friends at school . A great many of them like American English(第9页) better than British English.

Step 7 Sum up :

     Today , we' ve learned Lesson Ten . American English(第9页) (1) , We' ve learned the differences between America English and British English . Their differences Lie in three : one is in written English .e.g. Br.E colour, centre, travelled while AmE, color , center , traveled  ; one is in spoken English , e.g. Br.E. dance [da:ns] ,not [nt], Ame dance, not;  the third is in words and expressions. Br. E, movie , gas , store , mail , right away,I guess while Am. E , film , petrol , shop , post , at once . I think . The cause of making these differences is that people travelled from one part to another.  ( Write parts of them on the Bb.)

 Step VIII . Homework .

 1.Revise the text of this lesson. 2. Make sentences with the words and expressions of Lesson10.

教学设计方案Lesson 12

Teaching Aims :1.Checkpoint 3        2. Direct Speech and Indirect Speech

Teaching Difficult Points :

the use of the Indirect Speech

Teaching Methods :

Inductive method , deductive method and observating method .

Teaching Aids :1. a recorder ;       2. a slide projector

Teaching Procedures :

Step I .Revision

T: Good morning  everyone .     Ss: Good morning , teacher.

T: Sit down , please , Now I'll check the homework . Ren Ping , please do Ex.1on Page 69 ---

Step II . Listening .

T: In the last two periods , we've learned something about the differences between American English(第9页) and English spoken in England .Today,we are going to listen to a dialogue , An American woman . Terry is talking to her friend David . Let' s listen to what they are talking about .Please listen carefully , then we'll do exercises on Page 129.

Listening to the Text :

David : What' s it like living in England , Terry ?

Terry : Well,I'mhavingagreat time , But I guess I sometimes have a little difficulty understanding what people are saying .

David : Can you explain a bit more ? Do you have some trouble with our pronunciation ?

Terry : No,but you use a lot of different words over her